MANVEL, Texas—One Brazoria County Sheriff’s deputy was killed and another severely injured Sunday evening after crashing into a pickup truck on Highway 6 in Brazoria County, according to officials. The two deputies were traveling in a patrol car west on Highway 6 at FM 1128 when they crashed into a full-sized Chevy truck attempting to make a left turn into a ...

In all respects, the first few weeks of 2011 were looking "good" for law enforcement. Following an increasingly dangerous 2010, line of duty deaths were actually tracking at a lower rate than in January 2010. Then the last five days happened. On January 20, 2011, Detective Roger Castillo and Detective Haworth were fatally shot and a third detective was wounded while ...

CLINTON, S.C. -- A Laurens County deputy was shot and killed and a suspect was wounded and taken into custody in Clinton. Deputy Roger Rice was shot shortly after 11:30 p.m. Wednesday during a confrontation as officers conducted a homicide investigation, Laurens County Sheriff Ricky Chastain said. Deputies had been called to the home to assist in an investigation of a ...

ASHLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say an on-duty sheriff's deputy and a 77-year-old man have been killed in a collision on an upstate New York road near the Pennsylvania border. The Chemung County Sheriff's Office says 26-year-old Jeffrey Alexander was traveling on Route 427 in the town of Ashland when he collided head-on with another vehicle around 11 a.m. Sunday. The ...

LEXINGTON, KY - A Lexington police officer died after being struck Thursday night by a hit-and-run driver. Officer Bryan J. Durman, 27, was responding to noise ordinance violation call about 10 p.m. at the corner of Limestone and Alabama Street. While investigating a vehicle that had reportedly been playing music too loudly, Durman was hit by a sport-utility vehicle driven by ...

DETROIT - Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy will announce charges Tuesday morning in connection with the shooting death of Detroit Police Officer Brian Huff. Worthy has scheduled a 10:30 a.m. news conference at her office in Detroit. Huff was killed May 3 after responding to a report of gunshots and a possible break-in at a vacant home on the city's east ...

OMAHA - People came out in force this week to support Parnell Matthews, a Nebraska State Patrol trooper. Matthews, 35, fell into a coma Feb. 23 after what may have been a stroke. His fellow troopers organized a benefit spaghetti feed to pay medical and other expenses. The event, held Wednesday at Omaha North High School, drew an estimated 800 people. ...

A 16-year veteran of the Delaware River Port Authority Police Department died early yesterday after he was hit while rushing across the Walt Whitman Bridge to help another officer who was handling a car accident. About 1:30 a.m., Cpl. Christopher Milito, 40, of Media, left his car in the 300 block of Packer Avenue and was running across the five-lane highway ...

MASSAPEQUA PARK, NY - A Nassau County Police officer was shot and killed on Saturday night in Massapequa Park, New York, according to a hospital spokesman. Police are not revealing any information about the incident but initial reports claimed that the plain clothes officer was shot by another policeman by mistake. Special operations officers had been called to the Long Island ...

Police Officer James Lister of the Arizona State University Police Department died after responding to a fight at the Tempe campus. Officer Lister suffered a heart attack after reporting to his shift the next day. PoliceLink will post updates as they become available.

KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind. — Authorities say a hit-and-run driver killed a police officer who was riding a bicycle on a rural central Indiana highway. Police said the officer with the Greenfield Police Department was on an exercise ride with two other officers when he was hit about 12:30 a.m. Thursday along U.S. 40 near Knightstown. Greenfield deputy police chief Derek Towle told ...

JEMISON, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say a Jemison police officer was killed when his cruiser hydroplaned on a rain-soaked highway and crashed into a power pole. Chilton County Coroner Randy Yeargan says 30-year-old Donald Joshua Newman crashed shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday on U.S. 31 North in Thorsby. Police Chief Shane Fulmer says Newman had been responding to help with a ...

BEAUMONT, TX — A Texas man has been charged with capital murder after intentionally driving his fleeing sport utility vehicle into the patrol car of an officer, who was struck and killed, police said. Bond was set at $250,000 Saturday for John Wesley Nero, 30, of Beaumont in Southeast Texas, KFDM-TV reported. He remained in a hospital in serious condition for ...

A Grant County sheriff's deputy was killed in a single-car crash about 7:20 p.m. Sunday, according to Grant County Sheriff Frank DeTrolio. The deputy, John Bernard, of Moses Lake was on patrol when his car crashed and rolled on a rural road near Ephrata. A witness called 911. Ambulance crews and other deputies responding to the call found Bernard, 52, of ...

Michael Alston may have been known on the streets as Sugar Bear, but he’s a heartless, cold-blooded cop killer who should remain behind bars when the New York State Parole Board meets this week. And YOU can make that happen. Alston, now 54, worked as an enforcer for drug dealers. A two-time convicted killer, he was out of jail less than ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities say a Tennessee sheriff's deputy has died at a Nashville hospital a day after he was shot by a man who then fatally shot himself. Deputy Richard "Keith" Bellar died at 7:45 a.m. Tuesday at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville. Dickson County Sheriff Jeff Bledsoe announced the officer's death at the hospital. The visibly upset sheriff ...

RIVERSIDE, MO - The Riverside police officer struck by lightning while helping with the Joplin tornado died this morning at a Springfield hospital. Jefferson “Jeff” Taylor, who volunteered to go to Joplin, was 31 years old. He is the first Riverside officer ever to die in the line of duty. “We are heartbroken,” Riverside Police Chief Greg Mills said today in ...

An Army National Guard sergeant who grew up in Tucson was killed Thursday when insurgents attacked his unit with a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. Sgt. 1st Class Jim Thode, 45, was deployed in July with a unit based out of Blanding, Utah. He was assigned to the 118th Engineer Sapper Company, 1457th Engineer Battalion. His unit's mission was to provide route-clearance ...

TERRE HAUTE, Ind.— A man being served an arrest warrant opened fire on officers Monday, fatally wounding a Terre Haute police officer before being shot dead himself. Officer Brent Long died a few hours after the shooting after being airlifted to an Indianapolis hospital, Assistant Police Chief Shawn Keen said at a news conference Monday night. Long, a six-year police veteran, ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Ryan Bonaminio survived Army basic training, two tours in the Iraq War and a stint in Germany. But the 27-year-old Riverside police officer was gunned down in a park in his own hometown. Bonaminio's department spent Monday simultaneously mourning its first slain officer in nearly nine years and scouring the region for the suspected shooter, a man ...